GOP Rep @ 1st of it's kind hearing on Discrimination of Muslim & Asian Americans: equity leads to discrimination against the very people it "helps"

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Rep. Mike Johnson just said at the start of the hearing "Equity is a poison in our culture"

In what world is that okay? I'm floored

 

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the Sikh coalition says 67 percent of Sikh youths who wear a turban get "bullied"

here's an idea: don't wear a turban!

 

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"being black and being Muslim puts someone like me in double scrutiny" - Rep Andre Carson

what about being white and being a Trump supporter?

 

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one time i made fun of Sikhs on twitter, and some organization actually released a statement in response to me about: "Importance of Turban in Sikh life;
The ignorant on importance and respect to turban may get a glimpse in Sikh history that Sikhs preferred to de but refused to remove their turban.
Hijab covers face only, its not a pride for Muslim woman but helps to protect her from evil eyes;"

 

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Twenty years ago, Sikh American Balbir Singh Sodhi was murdered in the first post 9/11 hate crime. He was shot to death while planting flowers outside his gas station in Mesa, Arizona, by a man who said he wanted to “go out and shoot some towel-heads.”

 

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